Electric-heated clothes-presser.



1. A. DU LANEY.

ELECTRIC HEATED CLOTHES PRESSER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28. 19H.

Patented July 16, 1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET l I. A. DU LANEY.

ELECTRIC HEATED CLOTHES PRESSER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV; 28.1917.

Patented July 16, T918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2 l. A. DU LANEY.

ELECTRIC HEATED CLOTHES PRESSES.

APPLICATIQN FILED Nov 28. 1917.

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James l/ZZy/yey sfrnrnsrn JAMES A.. DU LANEY, F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIG-NOR OF DNB-HALF T0 CHARLES B. NELSON, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

ELECTBIC-HEATED CLOTHES-PRESSEB.

Speeieation of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1918.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. DU LANEY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Seattle, county of Kin and 5 State of Washington, have invente certain new and useful Improvements in Electric-Heated Clothes-Pressers, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to clothes pressing machines and consists ofan apparatus for press' clothes wherein electricity is employed or superheating the steam and comprises the novel parts and combinations of parts Which will be hereinafter described and then particularly pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to rovide an effective device in which electric heat may be employed to insure the dellvery of dry steam upon the article being pressed.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention in the t pe of construction which is now most pre erred by me.

Figure l is a top plan view of the machine.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the upper presser plate.

Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the presser.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of a modified lever system forA handling the swinging presser.

Fig. 7 is a side view of this modified lever system.

The pressing apparatus consists of a lower presser plate or buck, 1, and a complemental upper plate 10 which is mounted upon levers 2 which are pivoted. at 20 upon a member of the frame 3.

The frame has a top 30 upon which to support the clothing being pressed. Supported above this is the lower presser plate or buck 1.

In the lower part of the .frame is placed a small boiler 4. This may be heated by any suitable and convenient means. I have shown electric leads 40 and contemplate employing electric heating mechanism, which ma be of any suitable type.

pipe 41 leads from this boiler to the lower presser plate or buck and a pipe 42 connects the boiler with a bore 1n one end a steamYdistributingl chamber.

of the shaft 21. This bore is connected b the pipe 43 with the upper presser plate 1 The connection of pipe 42 with the shaft 21 is such as to permit such turning movement as occurs when the top plate 1s raised or lowered.

In the type of operating mechanism shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, an arm 22 extends beyond their pivot point 2O and is connected by a link 23 with the arm 24 of a lever which has arms 25 and 26 and is pivoted at 27. The arm 25 has a counterweight 28 thereon, to return the parts to the position where the top presser plate 10 is raised.

The arm 26 is connected by a link 35 with a treadle lever 37 which is pivoted at 38 to thelframe. A downward movement of the treadle lever raises the counterweight 28 and brings down the upper presser plate 10.

In the modified construction shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the torsion springs 15 upon pivot shaft 21, is substituted for the counterweight and a crank arm 29 upon the shaft 21 is connected by a link 35 with the treadle lever 37.

The interior construction of the pressing plates is shown in Figs. 4 and 5. A descri tion of the u per one 1() will suffice for both.

The mainlbody of this consists of a casting 5 which has a chamber 50 constituting The pressing face of this part has a large number of small holes 51, through which the steam is discharged into the presser cloth.

The opposite face of the casting 5 has a hole 52 through which the steam distributing pipe 44 1s passed. This latter pi e is perforated to dischar e steam throng out its length. The part 5 1s preferably made of aluminum. The hole 52 in its top wall is preferably closed by an inserted p te 53.

Above the base 5 is a plate l6, of a heat resistant and electricall. non-conductive material, as one compose of asbestos. To the surface of this are secured coils 60 of a resistance metal which constitute the heating element. Outside of this is a mass 63 of insulating material held in place by a metal cap 64. Feed Wires or leads 61, 62 enable the heating elements to be connected with suitable feed wires.

I preferably cover the pressing faces of the pressers with a layer 7 of porous -material as asbestos, and this with a cloth 8 and have the edges of both extend over the bottom ed es of the plate and turn up, and

secure bot by an encircling band 70.

What I claim as my invention is:

In a clothes presser, a hollow head having a steam chamber provided with a perforated pressing face, a perforated steam distributing pipe extending lengthwise said steam chamber, a cap constituting a cover tting 1o the back side of the head, the head having a marginal iiange at its back, a heating element, a plate to which the heating element is secure said plate being held between said marginal Han of the head and the cover with the heating element toward the steam chamber, and insulating material between said plate and the bod of the cover.

Signed at Seattle, ashington, this 19th day of November, 1917 JAMES A.'DU LAN Y. 

